Clover Township

Clover Township

BELL «T. D. Merchant, Woodhull: born in New Albany, Ind., Oct. 22, 1836; came to this Co. in the Fall of '66; has family, one daughter; wife was Miss H. M. Derby, born in Lockport, NTV. June 26, 1849; married Aug. 8, 1865; value estate $45,000; Rep; Meth.

BURGESS ALFRED, Farmer, Sec. 16, P.O. Woodhull; born in Wales of English parentage, June 16, 1819; left Wales in Nov. 1835; came to the U.S. and to New York with his parents, and stayed there until the following May, then removed to Washington County, Penn; re i ained there eight years, and then removed to Washington Co. Ohio, and remained there 22 years, then came to this Co. and settled on the place he now lives; has family, four children : Harriet, Samuel B., Caroline, and Alice; was married Feb. 18, 1846, to Perthena Lang, has 200 acres, value $!2,ooo; Rep. BURGESS CURTIS, Sec. 17, P.O. Woodhull; lives with his father; Rep; from Ohio.

BURGESS THOS. Sec. 17, P.O. Woodhull; Rep; from England; 160 acres, val. $9,600. BYERS EDWARD, Sec. 4, P.O. Woodhull; lives on his mother's place; Dem; from Ohio. BYERS J. Sec. 10, P.O. Woodhull; Dem; from Ohio; 40 acres, value $2,000. BYERS JAS. W. Sec. 5, P.O. Woodhull; lives with his mother; Ind; Ohio. BYERS SARAH A. Sec. 5, P.O. Woodhull; from Ohio; 60 acres, value $2,400. BYERS SUSAN, Sec. 4, P.O. Woodhull; from Ohio; 42 acres, value $2,100.

COX JOHX W. Woodhull; Traveling Agent for D. M. Osborn & Co. Auburn, N.Y; born in Rock Island Co. 111. March 19, 1845; came to this county when very young; has family two children, Winefred, born Aug. 27, 1872, and Nellie, born Dec 9, 1873; wife was Miss Mary Wagner, married Feb. 28, 1871; Rep; served two years in the late war in Co. C, 112th 111. Vol; belongs lo Masonic Lodge No. - .

CRAWFORD THOS. H. Sec. 10. Farmer, P.O. Woodhull; born near Marietta, Va. Feb. 19, 1822; came to this Co. in the Fall of 1860, and settled in this Tp; has four children, Henry, Rebecca, Susan M., and Martha E.; wife was Sarah J. Hamilton, born in Guernsey Co. Ohio, Jan. 7, 1830, married Feb. 28, 1850; has 87 acres, value $4,000; Rep; Meth.

CURRY I. B. Sec. 3, P.O. Woodhull, Farmer and Stock Raiser; born in Augusta Co. Va. June 10, 1827; came to this state and settled in Knox Co. in 1849; came t<^his Co. in Feb. 1860; has family six children, Samuel I., Sophia G., Morey J., David V., StSfc N., and William; wife was Miss Mary Van Gilder, born in Hancock Co. Ind. Jan. 6, 1832, married Feb. 2, 1850; has 160 acres, value $8,000; Ind; both members M. E. Church.

*-* DANIELSON C. A. Sec. 4, P.O. Woodhull; Rep; from Sweden; 80 ac. val. $3,200. DAY CHAS. D. Sec. 32, P.O. Woodhull; rents of S. H. Ferris; Rep; from 111. DERBY FLETCHER, Woodhull; clerk; Rep; from 111. DOYLE JAMES, P.O. Woodhull, Sec. 19, Farmer and Stock Raiser; born in Cooksville,

EDGERTOX S. E. Sec. 6, P.O. Woodhull, Farmer and Stock Raiser; born in Essex Co. N.Y. Nov. 6, 1818; came to this state and located in Galesburg in April, 1838, and removed to this Co. and settled on the place he now lives in May, 1855; nas family (our childier, Mary L.. Ethel A.. Ida L.. and Clark E.; wife was Miss Mariha L. Beldirg, born in Windsor Co. Vt. May 2, 1822, marritd April 6, 1842; has 105 acres, value $7,350; Kep.

FAY LUCIUS, P.O. Woodhull, Sec. 34, Farmer; born in Rockingham, Windham Co. Vt Oct. 5, 1824; came to this Co. in Dec. 1853, and is among the oldest settlers; has family five children, Frank T., Mary A., Geo., Ida. Charley; wife was Miss Emeline Cone, from the same place, born Sept. 16, 1833, married Feb. 28. 1855; has 40 acres, value $2,000; Hep.

FORGY PHEBE Mrs. P.O. Woodhull; Sec. 8; widow of Newton Forgy. who was born in Morrow Co. Ohio, Feb. 17, 1828, and settled in this county in 1852; he died Nov. 14, 1808; left family of three children, Warren W., Thursa J., and Sallie E.; Mrs. Forgy's maiden name was Phebe Taylor, born in Northumberland Co. Pa. Jan. 20, 1833; they were married- Dec. 25, 1853; he left an estate of 120 acres, value $7,200; Mrs. F. has 40 acres where she lives, value $2,400; Christian Union.

FORGY WM. P.O. Woodhull; Sec. 8; Farmer and Stock Raiser; born in Morrow Co. Ohio,' May 27, 1826; came to this county April, 1853, and is among the oldest settlers; has family of five children, Allen T., Nellie J., Ralph J., Wm. Henry and Robert J.; wife was Miss Eye Moody, born in the same place, Feb. 14, 1830; married Feb. 22, 1854; has 400 acres, value $24.000; was Supervisor three terms and held other town offices; Ind; both member* of the Meth. Epis Church.

HALSENE J. Sec. 13; P.O. Necoma; Rep; from Sweden; 160 acres, val. $6,400. HAYDEN A. R. Sec. 25; P.O. Necoma; Rep; from Ky; has 160 acres, val. $9 600. HAYDEN HENRY, lives with his father, Sec. 25; P.O. Necoma; Rep; from 111. HEDBLOOM JOHN, Sec. 2=; P.O. Necoma; rents of W. Sidebottom; Rep; from Sweden. HENDERSON STEWARD, Farmer and Stock Raiser, Sec. 28; P.O. Woodhull; born in Erie Co. Pa. March n, 1812; came to this'county in March, 1874; has family of five children, Elizabeth A.. Catherine B., Mary A., Thos. S. M.. Steward A. B.; wife was Eliza A.

MILLER M. Sec. 10; P.O. Woodhull; school teacher; Rep; from Ohio; 40 ac. val. $2.000. HORN J. W., P.O. Woodhull; retired; Rep; from England; owns 160 acres on Sec. 30. HILLERY HERMAN, Sec. 24; P.O. Necoma; rents of A. Maile; Rep; from 111. HOUGH F. L. Wondhull; grain dealer; Rep; from 111.

HOUGHTON L. C. Sec. 20; P.O. Woodhull; station agent; Rep; from New England; 80 ac. HOUGHTON LUCY E. Sec. 33; P.O. Woodhull; from Vt; 80 acres, val. $7,000. HOUGHTON T. Mrs. Sec. 35; P.O. Woodhull; from Vt; has 80 acres, val. $4,000. HOWELL S. W. Woodhull; carpenter; Rep; from L. I. HO WELL T. J. Farmer and Stock Raiser; Sec. 29; P.O. Woodhull; came to this county

JOHNSON S. W. Farmer and Stock Raiser, Sec. 33; P.O. Woodhull; born in Windsor Co. Vt. Jan. 27. 1813; came to this county in the Spring of 1858, and settled in this township; has family of three children, Marshall H., Ida W., Ruth A.; wife was Miss Elizabeth A. Holman, born in Worcester Co. Mass. Oct. I, 1821; married Dec. 15, 1841; has 160 ac. value $10,000; Rep;

T/" APPLE G. W. lives with R. F. Richardson, Sec. 3; P.O. Woodhull; Dem; from Ohio. *»- KAPPLE JOHN, lives with his father, Sec. 3; P.O. Woodhull; Dem; from III. KAPPLE PHILIP, Sec. 3; P.O. Woodhull; Dem; from Ohio; 40 acres, value $2,ooo. KELLOGG J. E. Woodhull; farmer; Rep: from Mass. _

KEPPLE T. Sec. 15; P.O. Woodhull; Rep; from Ohio; rents of A. Shattuck. ^ KIRKLAND WILLIAM, Sec. 5; P.O. Woodhull; Rep; from Ohio; has 360 acres, value $18,000. KIRKLAND WILLIAM P. lives with .his father; Sec. 5; P.O. Woodhull; Rep; from Ohio. KUFUS H. A. Woodhull; merchant; from St. Louis.

LAGERGREN AUGUSTUS, Woodhull; clerk for J. D. Bell since 1868; born in Reaby, near Grenna, Sweden, June 13, '47; came to the U. S. in the Fall of '66, and to this Co. in '68; single; Rep; Luth; member of Masonic Lodge, No. 502.

iV1 McCONNELL Wm. M. lives with his mother; Sec. 8; P.O. Woodhull; Dem; from Pa. McCLUNG GEO. H. Sec. 31; Farmer and Collector; P.O. Woodhull; born in Lancaster Co. Penn., March 14, "44; came to the State and settled at Victoria, Knox Co. in 1855; came to this Co. in March, 1867, and settled in this township; has family, five children : Mary E., Emma J., Arvilla D., Stella S. and Nellie; wife was Miss Diantha Merritt; born in Medina Co. Ohio, Aug. 1 8, '33; married Sept. n. '65; is Collector and Road Commissioner; served three years in the late war, in company K, 83d Ills. Vol; Rep.

McCONNELL J. A. P.O. Woodhull; Sec. 7; Farmer and Stock Raiser; born in Juniata Co. Penn, June 25, "42; came to this Co. April 9, '57, and is among the oldest settlers; has family, five children living, Frank, Lottie, Russell, Minnie and Willie; one dead, May, by first wife, who was Maggie Stitt, born in Franklin Co. Penn. May 25, "41; married Nov. 10, "64; she died April 13, '74; he married again to Mary M. Connor, of Page Co. Iowa, May 10, '76; has 195 acres, value $12,050; Dem.

McCONNELL THOS. S. P.O. Woodhull; Sec. 18; Farmer and Stock Raiser; born in Juniata Co. Penn. April 16, '37; came to this Co. April 9, '57, and is among the oldest settlers; has family of five children living. S. M., Annie C., Herbert, Porter and Thomas; Horace and Willie, dead; wife was Miss Margaret Miller; born in Franklin Co. Penn. Sept. 27. '35; married Feb. I, "59; .has 332 acres, value $24,900. Mr. M. has, without exception, the finest barn in the County; Dem.

McHOSE JOSEPH J. P.O. Woodhull; Editor and Publisher of the Woodhull Enterprise; born in Geneseo, this Co. July 3, 1859; single; came to Woodhull in 1876, and bought the Reporter, and in Jan. 1877, enlarged it to a seven col. folio; running one page in the interest of Alpha.

MCQUEEN DANIEL, P.O. Woodhull; Sec. 9; Farmer; born in Canandaigua, N.Y. Aug. 8, 1804; came to this Co. April 12, '52, and settled in this township, and is among the oldest settlers; no family; has two grand children living with him, Geo. H. and John McQueen; wife was Julana Brown; born in N. Y. State Nov. 2, 1813; married Nov. 8, 1827; has 277 acres, value $13,850; Rep; both members of the M. E. Church.

MAGNER R. H. Woodhull; Editor Woodhull Enterprise; born in Mitchell, Lawrence Co. Indiana, Feb. 17, 1849; left there and came to this state in 1851, and settled in Edgar Co; remained three years, and then removed to Coles Co. Ill; remained there two years, then removed to Douglas Co. where he remained until he was fifteen years of age; he then entered the army, and served seventeen months; came to this county in 1872; has family, one son, Harry E. born May 5, 1875; w'fe was Miss Alice Dayhuff, born in Orange Co. Ind. Jan. 16, 1851; married Nov. 14, 1872; Rep.

MAHEH^VLEXANDER, Sec. 21, P.O. Woodhull; Farmer and Stock Raiser; born in WestBow, Albany Co. N.Y. Nov. 21, 1825; came to this county in the Spring of 1859; has family four children, Thomas P., Charles, Laura A. and Jennie A; wife was Lucia A. Houghton, born in Grafton, Windham Co. Vt. March 2, 1843; married April 23, 1862; has 160 acres, valued at $8,000; Rep.

MITCHELL ABEL, Woodhull; Hardware Merchant; born in Galesburg Tp. Knox Co. 111. Sept. 8, 1843; came to this county in Jan. 1869; has family; one daughter, Jessie, born March 26, 1871; wife was Miss Alice Wyman, born in Onondaga Co. N.Y. March 7, 1847; married Jan. 5, 1869; has So acres on Sec. 24, Oxford Tp. and has discovered a four-foot vein of coal, and is about to sink a shaft, which will be a grand thing for the village of Woodhull; is School Treasurer of Clover Tp; Rep.

MOODY DAN, Farmer, Sec. 20, P.O. Woodhull; born in Morrow Co. Ohio, April 25, 1832; came to this county in the Fall of 1870; has family six children, Magpie E., William J., Ida A., John F., Hattie. and Laura M.; wife was Abby Wescott, born in Marion Co. Ohio, Oct. 27, 1838; married Nov. 27, 1864; lives on his father's place; 100 acres, value $6,000; Dem.

MORTSOLF JACOB, Sec. 13, P.O. Necoma; Dem; from Ohio; 120 acres, $4,000. MOSHER S. Sec. 24. P.O. Necoma; Rep; from N.Y; 140 acres, $7,000. MUGGRAGE S. G. Woodhull; principal high school; Dem; from Ohio. MURRAY JOHN, Woodhull; laborer; Dem; from Ireland.

XJEASTRUM CHAS. Sec. 8, P.O. Woodhull; rents N. Forgy estate; from Sweden. -^ NEELEY S. W. Woodhull; book-keeper, Rep; from Pa. NELSON C. Sec. 21, P.O. Woodhull; rents C. G. Anderson's place; from Sweden. NELSON CHAS. Sec. 10, P.O. Woodhull; rents the J. B. Gebbany farm; from Sweden. NELSON N. P. Sec. 18, P.O. Woodhull; works for J. W. Shetler; Rep; from Sweden. NELSON P. N. Sec. 25, P.O. Necoma; Rep; from Sweden; 240 acres, $12,000. NEWMAN J. H. Sec. 23, P.O. Woodhull; Rep; from N.Y; 100 acres, $5,000. NODINE MALCOM, Sec. 2, P.O. Woodhull; Dem; from Sweden; 120 acres, $4,800.

CHAS. Sec. 34, P.O. Woodhull; rents of I. Stickney; from Sweden. - OLSON M. F. Woodhull; merchant; Rep; from Sweden. OLSON OLUF, Woodhull; restaurant; Rep; from Sweden.

OLSON OLOF, Sec. 20, P.O. Woodhull; rents of S. Bergers; Rep; from Sweden. OLSON PETER, Sec. 32, P.O. Woodhull; from Sweden; 80 acres, $4,500. OSBORN ELICK, Sec. 9, P.O. Woodhull; lives with his father; Dem. OSBORN STEPHEN, Sec. 9, P.O. Woodhull; rents of O. P. Taylor; Dem. OSBORN WM. Sec. 10, P.O. Woodhull; Rep; from Ohio; 40 acres, $2,000. OSTRUM L. W. Woodhull; groceries; Rep; from N.Y. OSTROM MORGAN, Woodhull; groceries; Rep; from N.Y.

PAYTON WM. Postmaster, Woodhull; born in Butler Co. Ohio, April 29, 1812; came to this Co. in 1854; has family nine children living, three dead; wife was Mary Ann Hamilton, born in Ky. March 12, 1817; married Dec. 3, 1833; value estate $3,000; R<p; Meth; was Justice of the Peace, and held other town offices.

REED A. A., P.O. Cambridge; Sec. 12, Farmer and Stock Raiser; born in Litchfield Co. Ct., July 21, 1821; came to this state, and settled in Knox Co. in 1840, and remained there until 1850, and then came here, and is among the oldest settlers; has family of six children - Geo. F., Albert M., Willis A., Lewis C., Chas. M. and Minnie A.; wife was Mary A. Cook, born in town of Hadley, Mass., Feb. 7, 1830; married March 31, 1852; has 360 acres, value $14,400; Dem.

REED GEO. F. Sec. I; P.O. Cambridge; lives on his father's place; Dem; born 111. REEVES A. R. Sec. 23; P.O. Necoma; lives with his father; Rep; from Inrl.

RICHTMYER ABRAM, Woodhull; Attorney at Law; born in Schoharie Co. N. V., March n, 1842; came to this county November, 1869; has family of two children, Jeremiah, born Jan. 28, 1872; Grace, born Oct. 28, 1874; wife was Mary Burton, born in the same place February, 1840; married July 4, 1867; Dem.

RIDENOUR JOHN B. Woodhull; Lumber Merchant; born in Westmoreland Co. Pa., May 2, 1823; came to this county in the Fall of 1853, and is among the oldest settlers; has family of two sons and one daughter; wife was Miss Loys Payton, from Blackford Co. Indiana; born Dec. 30, 1837; Mr. R. served three years and nine months in the late Rebellion, in Co. A, 55th 111. Vol.; has been Justice of the Peace, Assessor, and held other Township offices; value estate, $2,600; Rep; Meth.

RUNDSTROM S. C. Woodhull; Furniture Dealer; born in Christianstad, Sweden, Aug. 9, 1848; came to the U. S. and to Galesburg the 7th of September, 1867, and remained there three years, then removed to Woodhull and went into the furniture business; no family; wife was Ida M. Walline, from Sweden; married March 29, 1876; value estate, $3,000; Rep; belongs to the I. O. O. F., Clover Lodge 383.

SANNQUIST CHAS. G. W,oodhull; Barber; born Deiderhult, Sweden, July 5, 1853; left there and came to the U. S., and to Chicago Sept. 13, 1865; then went to Lake Co. Indiana, and remained there two years, and then removed to Altona, this state, and remained there until 1872, and then came to Woodhull; single; Rep; Luth.

SANNQUIST PETRUS M. Woodhull; Pastor Swedish Lutheran Church; born in Oskarhamn, Sweden, June 8, 1835; came to America in the Fall of 1865, and to Woodhull in the Fall of 1871, and took charge of the above named church; has family of one daughter living, one son dead; has one adopted son; wife was Miss Ida J. Sandell, from Flireryd, Sweden, born Aug. 22, 1844; married June 8, 1866; Rep.

SHETLER JOHN W., P.O. Woodhull, Sec. 18, Farmer and Stock Raiser; born in Franklin Co. Pa. July 13, 1840; came to this Co. in March, 1866; has family three children. Edith May, William Elmer, and Fred C.; wife was Miss Nancy J. Knox, born in Juniata Co. Pa. June 24, 1851, married March II, 1869; has 239 acres, value $15,535; Dem.

SHINN HIRAM, P.O. Woodhull, Sec. 7, Farmer and Stock Raiser; born in Harrison Co. West Va. Sept. 19, 1800; left Va. and settled in Fulton Co. 111. in April, 1834, remained there eight years and then removed to Knox Co. and remained there twelve years, and then removed to Mercer Co. this state, and remained there ten years, and then came to this Co; has family ten children living, three dead; wife was Dorcas Shinn, born in the same place Jan. 5, 1801, married Feb. 28, 1819; has too acres, value $6,000; Rep.

SIMMONS WM. H. P.O. Woodhull, Sec. 28, Farmer and Stock Raiser; born in Bristol Co. Mass. Jan. 4, 1816; came to this Co. April, 1855. and settled in Kewanee and remained there five years, and then came to this Tp; has family five children, Mary E., Eugenie M., Alice L., married; Evelinda A. and Horace F., single; wife was Mary A. Briggs, born in the same place, Sept. 2, 1817, married Dec. 9, 1838; has 175 acres, value of estate $20,000; Dem. SKINNER A. A. Woodhull; prop. Skinner's Hotel; Rep; from Pa.

SLATER CHRISTOPHER. Sec. 22, P.O. Woodhull; rents of James Slater; Dem; from Ohio. SLATER G. J. Sec. 3, P.O. Woodhull; Dem; from Ohio; 130 ac. val. $6,500. SLATER JAMES, Sec. 15, P.O. Woodhull; Dem; from Pa; 160 ac. val. $8,000. SLATER JOS. Sec. 22, P.O. Woodhull; rents of Z. Elliott; Dem; from Ohio. SLAWSON L. W. P.O. Woodhull, Sec. 19, Farmer and Stock Raiser; born in Albany Co. N.V. Aug. 1, 1838; came to this Co. in 1859, and settled in this Tp; has family three children, Horace, Solon W. and Luella; has one adopted son, Chas.; wife was Wilhelmina Houghton, born in Windham Co. Vt. April 27, 1846, married Dec. 25, 1866; has 160 acres, value $10,- 400; Rep.

SMITH NATHAN T. Sec. 36, P.O. Galva; works H. Jones' farm; Rep; from Ohio. SPRATT JAMES, Sec. 31, P.O. Woodhull; rents of Isaac Stickney; from England. SPROUSE JOHN, Woodhull; farmer; Dem; from Va.

STEPHENS I. Sec. 23, P.O. Woodhull; Dem; from Ohio; 80 ac. val. $3,600. STEPHENS W. M. Sec. 23, P.O. Woodhull; rents of I. Stephens; Dem; from Ohio. STEPHENSON GILBERT, lives with his father, Sec. 6, P.O. Andover; Rep; from 111. STEPHENSON STEPHEN, Sec. 6, Farmer and Stock Raiser, P.O. Andover; born in Lynchapin, Sweden, Sept. 23, 1822; came to the U. S. and this Co. in Aug. 1852, and is among the oldest settlers; has family seven children, John A., Gust. O., August G., Frank A., Henry A., Charles A. and Eddie N.; wife was Mary Johnson, from the same place, born Sept. 22, 1821, married in 1847; has 536^ acres, value $26,800; Ren; Luth; has four children dead, two sons and two daughters.

STICKNEY ALFRED, P.O. Woodhull, Sec. 20, Farmer and Stock Raiser; born in Windham Co. Vt. July 3, 1840; came to this Co. in the Spring of 1853, and is among the oldest settlers; has family one daughter, Carrie Alice, born April 16, 1875; wife was Miss Eugenia Simmons, born in Columbia Co. Ohio, Oct. 8, 1845, married April 13, 1870: has 300 acres, value $15,000; Rep.

STICKNEY CAKRIE W. Miss, Res. and P.O. Ontario, Knox Co. 111.; daughter of the late Henry Stickney, who was born in Grafton, Vt. Jan. 29, 1807; he located in this Co. in April, 1852; he died Nov. 16, 1866, being one of the oldest settlers in the Co; Mrs. Stickney was Miss M. A. Wood, born in Rindge, N.H. Feb. 22, 1810; they were married June 20, 1837; he left an estate of 935 acres, value $50,000; Miss Carrie was born in this Co. Oct. 6, 1856; she has 250 acres on Sec. 27, value $15,000; she resides with her mother in Ontario, Knox Co. 111. STICKNEY H. P.O. Woodhull; born in Middlesex Co. Mass. Nov. 7, 1838; came to this county April, 1853; not married; has 240 acres on Sec. 22, valued at $12,000; Rep. STICKNEY ISAAC, Sec. 31, P.O. Woodhull; Farmer and Stock Raiser; born in Grafton, Windham, Co. Vt. May I, 1814; came to this county in the Spring of 1867; Mr. S. is the most extensive farmer in the town; has family four children, Arthur W., Mary E., Sallie E. and Isaac F.; wife was Miss Eliza Wass, born in Nottinghamshire, England, Jan. 8, 1834; married Jan. 21, 1864; has 891 acres, valued at $67,125; Rep.

STICKNEY WILLIAM C. Sec*27, P.O. Woodhull; Farmer and Stock Raiser; born in Cambridgeport, Mass. Sept. 6, 1846; came to this Co. in April, 1853, and is among the oldest settlers; has a family two children, William Wood, born March 15, 1871; Mary Grace, born Aug. 15. 1874; wife was Miss Ida A. Clark, born in Milford, New Haven Co. Conn. Jan. I, 1848; married April 13, 1870; has 178 acres, valued at $13,450; is Supervisor, and held other town offices; Rep.

STIEFEL F. Sec. I, P.O. Cambridge; from Germany; 240 acres, $12,000. STIERS JAMES, Woodhull; laborer; Rep; from Ohio. STIERS OSCAR, Woodhull; butcher; Dem; from Ohio. STIERS WM. Woodhull; butcher; Dem; from Ohio. STITT GEO. W. Woodhull; stock dealer; Dem; from Pa.

SWANSON ALEXANDER, Sec. 28, P.O. Woodhull; rents of H. E. Houghton; Sweden. SWANSON C. A. Sec. 18, P.O. Woodhull; rents of J. Shetler; Rep; from Sweden. SWANSOX JOHN E. Woodhull; tailor; Rep; from Sweden.

TURNER. L. W. Sec. 29, P.O. Woodhull; Farmer and Stock Raiser; born in Orange Co. N.Y. May 31, 1829; came to this county in the Fall of 1861, and settled in this Tp; has family, one son, Lucius A. born in Miami Co. Ohio, April 6, 1857; wife was Julia A. Shute, from Washington Co. Ohio, born July 10, 1822; married Sept. 21, 1853; has 120 acres, valued at $7,800; Rep; is also School Trustee.

VANNICE A. P. Woodhull; Restaurant; born in Crawfordsville, Indiana, Jan. 8, 1845; came to this county in 1852; has family, one son, E. I. born Oct. 3, 1871; wife was Miss Sophia Errett, born in Allegheny, Pa. Aug. 1844; value of estate, $800; Rep.

WENNERSTRUM CHAS. F. Woodhull; Clerk for J. D. Bell; born in Nye, near Hoetlanda, Sweden, July 29, 1852; came to the U.S. in June, 1870, and to this county in 1874; single; Rep; Meth; is a member of the Masonic and Odd Fellows Lodges.

WHITNEY N. C. Sec. 8, P.O. Woodhull; Farmer and Stock Raiser; born in Washington Co. Ohio, May 14, 1834; came to this state and to Boone Co. in 1855, and remained there eighteen months, then removed to this county, and settled in this Tp; has family seven children, John T., Lafayette, Marietta, Cora C., N. Franklin, Willie T. and Hattie Gertrude; one dead, Mary E.; wife was Catherine Shiers, born in Philadelphia, Sept. 31, 1836; married Feb. 27, 1859; has 120 acres, value $7,200; Rep.

WHITNEY WILLIAM, Sec. 17, P.O.WoodhulI; Farmer; born in Town Waterford. Washington Co. Ohio, May 13, 1823; came to the state and to DeKalb Co. in 1852; remained there six months, and then removed to Winnebago Co; remained there three years, and then came to this county, and settled in this Tp; has family three children, Geo. W., Sarah A. and Chas. E.; wife was Jane Cheffy, born in Va. June 18, 1821 ; married Feb. 15, 1844; has three children dead, Charlotte, Mary E. and Wm. R.; has 80 acres, value $4,800; Rep; Meth.

Business Directory

McHose J. J. Editor and Publisher Woodhull Enterprise. This office has recently been fitted up with New Type, Presses, etc., and has facilities for turning out all kinds of Job Work from a visiting card to a mammoth poster, with neatness and dispatch. Job Work done in colors if desired.

SKINNER A. A. Woodhull; Prop. Skinner's Hotel; born in Franklin Co. Pa., June 6, 1841; came to the state and Co. 1865; has family, two children : Clarence D., born Sept. 29, 1874; Viola, born Sept. 10, 1876; wife was Miss Bell E. Mumma, born in Mount Carroll, Til; married Feb. 2, 1871, served 2)4 years in the Signal Service, U.S.A.; Rep.

Source changes here: from Portrait and Biographical Album of Henry County, Illinois : Containing Full-page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens of the County, Together with Portraits and Biographies of All the Governors of Illinois, and of the Presidents of the United States; Also Containing a History of the County, from Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time, published 1885; 2,199 words in this source stream.

Clover Township

LOVER TOWNSHIP had for its first settler Thomas Weir, who came April 6, 1841, and settled on the northeast part of the southwest quarter of section 10. He came from Mercer County, and at one time was regularly employed as a " runner " (called detective now) for the " Vigilants " - a close corporation that devoted its energies to catching horse-thieves. When he came to this county, the only neighbors he had were some Winnebago Indians, who were out hunting. As a part of Mr. Wier's experiences, he was twelve days in going and coming to the mjll at Moline. The chief part of the time was in waiting at the mill for his turn, and in the meantime he worked so diligently on the dam that the miller favored him and slipped his grist in ahead of its turn. He said if he had not thus been favored by the miller, he might have had to wait a "right smart spell!"

The first child born in this part of the county was in Weir's house - James Hammers, in October, 1843. In 1846, the first newspaper was received by a subscriber. It was the New York Weekly Universe. The extensive name of the paper indicates that the eagle-eye of the editor was fixed, not only on the whole human family, but " the rest of mankind " in the wilderness, and was indifferent as to the name of the subscriber so long as he paid in good subscription money.

The oldest settler in this part of the county is A. P. Vannice, from Indiana: came in 1852. A. A. Reed is one of the oldest settlers in Clover: He is from Connecticut, and came to Knox County in 1840, and came to this county in 1850. He has a family of six children. William Payton, from Ohio, came in 1851.. He was for some years Justice of the Peace and held other town offices. Daniel Mc- Queen came in April, 1852. After the death of his wife he lived with his grandchildren, George H. and. John McQueen. Thomas S. and J. A. McConnell came in 1857. They were from Pennsylvania. S. W. Johnson came in 1858. T. J. Howell came in 1856. Henry E. Houghton came in 1852. Mrs. Phebe Forgy, widow of Newton Forgy., came in 1852. Forgy died Nov. 14, 1868, leaving three children. Mrs. Morgan's maiden name was Phebe Taylor, born in Pennsylvania, Jan. 20, 1833. William Forgy came in April, 1853, born in Morrow County, Ohio, May 27, 1826.

OODHULL is an enterprising town of almost a thousand population, and is on the line between Clover and Oxford Townships, mostly in the former. There are many rv good business houses located there, divided among the various lines of trade necessary to supply the wants of its inhabitants and-ihose in the surrounding country. The village was laid out Sept. 30, 1857, by an Eastern gentleman by the name of Maxwell Woodhull, of New York City. Not much progress was made for some time,4)ut in 1867, J. W. Horn laid out a large portion of the place lying north of the railroad. Hugh Russell, about i86r, laid out a considerable portion of the present town and upon this the first house was built.

Three years after his first addition, Mr. Horn laid' out another, lying south of the railroad. A large dwelling was the first building erected in the place. This, however, was shortly afterwards purchased by E. A. Widney and converted into a hotel, the Widney House.

The railroad passing through the place - the Keithsburg Branch of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy - was surveyed in 1847; but years elapsed before it was built. In 1868 the franchise passed'into the hands of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, and it was soon completed and a road was in operation. The old road, that remained so long only on paper, was known -as the American Central Railroad. The first buildings of the town were erected mostly on the west side of town, except one or two opposite the present postoffice. The town was rapidly built in anticipation of the coming of the cars, and by the time trains were running there were half a dozen stores, a number of shops, and many busy carpenters, masons, etc. The first boom of the new town had expended itself before the completion of the railroad, and did not, as is usually the case, wait until the road was wakirig the echoes with its shrill whistle. It maintained a steady and permanent growth in business and population. Before the town was surveyed and platted, a postoffice called Heathland was kept by F. Heath at his house, but a short distance from the village-site. When the town was founded it was the determination to call it Leoti, and for some time it went by that name , but the friends of Mr. Woodhull finally prevailed, and its name was fixed as it has remained, in compliment to him.

M. N. Hurd opened the first store. In a short time it was destroyed by fire and building and contents lost. In 187 1, T. S. McConnell's store, in which Mr. Wright had a large stock of goods, was destroyed by fire. An unoccupied building adjoining was destroyed at the same time.

hull has been unusually heavy. During 1876, more than $500,000 was received at the place for produce, and in the fall and winter of 187 1-2, more broom-corn was shipped from this station than from any other point in the United States. In 1869, a spacious brick block was erected by J. D. B. Bell and Andrew Edson. Another brick block was put up in 1876, the upper part of which was made into a hall and offices.

Before the railroad came it was a common occurrence for great trains of wagons to pass through the place loaded with grain. They would generally haul their loads to Oneida, make their sales and returning stop in Woodhull to make such purchases as they desired. A firm - Elder & Skinner - sold in one year over $80,000 worth of goods. Three large elevators were erected, and three good hotels were well patronized. It commenced a temperance town and has maintained its fame in this respect unfalteringly. Woodhull was incorporated in 1870 and the following were elected as the first Board : B. Taylor, Prest., J. V. Kennegoy, Clerk, W. O Gamble, Treasurer, W. C. Wagner and James Walton, Trustees.

The village is provided with excellent schools, which have good accommodations and are ably managed. Prior to 1869 there were only the regular district school-houses where school was held, but at that time excellent quarters were provided for the school and great interest manifested in educational matters by the people in general.

The village is equally well supplied with churches, which as a general thing are reasonably live and prosperous. There are five different denominations, as follows: Methodist, Christian, Presbyterian, Lutheran, and Catholic. These have good, comfortable houses of worship, and are in charge of good pastors.

I ITHIN the confines of this township with a curious name, is the spot of the first settlement of Henry County. Here it was S> Dr. Baker, impelled now by what we do not know, to direct his way to this particular place, drove his wagon and team, and looked out upon the fair and beautiful world that lay before him, halted, unhitched and went into camp ; and then for the first time the smoke from an actual settler's camp-fire went curling and creeping through the treetops, and the frugal meal and the first supper of the first settler was prepared, and the little houseless household went to bed in the wagon, and slept in innocent content after their long wandering.

It is fully told elsewhere how in a few days came Thomas and James Glenn and Anthony Hunt, and how they were simply following the wagon tracks of Dr. Baker. They had been to the " lead mines " and come down to the mouth of the Rock River, and followed up its course until they found Baker. How they, too, looked upon the country and said " it is good enough " and concluded to tarry. Then came George Brandenburg, and slowly his friends followed and founded the first town in the county, and for a long time Brandenburg's was the famed and wide-worldknown point to all who contemplated coming or did come to the new country.

In the history of the early settlements and of the early settlers in preceding chapters all this is told of who these men were and what has become of them and their descendants.

The villages in the township are Dayton, the oldest town in the county, and Colona. Dayton served its day of usefulness or imperative necessity for existence as an important business center for commerce and business of the county, and went into a quiet and unostentatious decay, a kind of slow forgetfulness among new-comers, and in 1853 Colona came into existence as a desirable place for a station on the railroad. It was laid out in that year by Marcus Warren. The next year (1854) the railroad just then commencing to do business, J. A. Sawyer built a grain house and prepared to handle some of the great quantity of grain that the surrounding country was awaiting to ship.

Colona Township has more heavy timber-growth in it than any other township in the county, and in addition to the grain to be shipped at this point, considerable timber and wood was transported away on the cars. M. Smith, the first settler in Colona, had a mill on the river near the town. A small depot building was erected by the railroad. The additions were slow. Lucy A. Sharp, who came with her father, Asa C. Sharp, and her sister, Sarah, to Colona, in 1856, remembers that at that time there were residences about as follows : A part of what is now the hotel, kept by Webster. There was no hotel in the place, and her family had to go to Brandenburg's until they could get a house. This building was occupied by John Baum, who died in Colona some ten or twelve years ago. . Also was then standing the house in which Mr. McCullough now lives, at that time occupied by Jeff. Taylor. The small house occupied by Mr. Sharp and daughters, situated near the present postoffice. Jake Smith's store (not the store and dwelling as now but the store proper) was then in existence, and there was a shanty near where Mr. J. Kime now lives. There was a store opposite the hotel, or where the hotel now stands. This building was destroyed in the great storm of May, 1859, which also destroyed the railroad bridge near town, and where the iron bridge now is. Norman Sharp built the hotel as it now stands in 1857. The first school -house was built between Colona and Dayton ; it was eventually moved down to Colona, and Miss Lucy A. Sharp taught the first school in the place in the room she now uses for a postoffice, in 1863. She had about 30 pupils. The present two-story school building was erected in 1872. Three teachers are regularly employed.

For many years R. A. Smith was postmaster in this place. For 13 years his deputy, who1 transacted the entire business of the office, was Miss Lucy A. Sharp. In 1883 Mr. Smith removed to Moline, and he so strongly recommended his faithful deputy for a successor that she was appointed and is the pres-, ent " non-offensive partisan " Postmistress of Colona, where the writer" trusts she may never escape except by " removal " to the state of matrimony.

The United Presbyterian Church of Colona was organized Dec. 22, 1866, in the town school-house. The petition for the organization was signed by Samuel H. Reed and twelve others. The Rev.

Henry Wallace had preached in Colona in 1855, the second sermon ever preached in the place., Rey. J. F. Martin was assigned as a missionary to this charge in September, 1855, and he was succeeded by Revs. J. P. Finney and the presept S. H. Reed, as licentiates, in 1866, and Revs. J. K. Blair and John Todd. The names of the first members are : Andrew Stewart, Grace Moderwell, Christina Moderwell, Joseph Moderwell, James Moderwell, James Montgomery, Sr., Sarah Bell, William McGonagil, Sr., Elizabeth McGonagil, Mary Cochran, Barbara McFerren and Margaret McFall. Joseph Moderwell and Andrew Stewart were ordained Elders.

S. H. Weed, J. J. Baum and James Bell were chosen building committee, and a frame church 32 x 50 feet was erected and thrown open to worshipers Oct. 18, 1862. The building cost $2,108 in cash and about $1,000 contributed in labor and materials. Rev.'S. H. Weed, still a resident of the village,, was ordained Noy. 23, 1867. He labored as a mission ary until June, 1869, when he was installed Pastor, where he officiated until 1876, when the Church ceased to have a regular Pastor.